Zawinul Syndicate - No Mercy For Me ( Mercy, Mercy Mercy)

[umbertino]

 

 

RIP Joe Zawinul - band founder & leader....

 

Also founder, leader, keyboardist & composer of "Weather Report"

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Zawinul

 

 

Was lucky enough to see him twice....Once with WR and 2nd time solo....Both great performances......Awesome musician / composer....RIP

[umbertino]

 

Beautiful theme imo

 

 

 

 

Simon Bolivar ( Hero & symbol of Venezuela)

 

 

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simón_Bolívar

[umbertino]

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

 

 

 

 

This could well be a Weather Report track the way it's structured and the way it sounds......JMHO

[umbertino]

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

Live

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

North Sea Jazz Festival 1997

 

Every musician here is from a diff Country....The only American is guitarist: Gary Poulson

 

Joe Zawinul is originally from Austria

 

The drummer Paco Sery  and bass player Richard Bona are both African  ( Ivory Coast & Cameroon respectively....Fantastic Musicians......)

 

 

 

 

 

Percussionist Manolo Badrena (Puerto Rico) had played years before with Weather Report ( 1 or 2 albums)

 

At one point (almost at the end of track) drummer Paco Sery loses a stick and keeps playing effortlessly while looking on the floor for it.....

Edited July 5, 2020 by umbertino